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FUNGI: LIFE CYCLE IN BASIDIOMYCETES

Basidiomycota

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Did you know that we’re more closely related to mushrooms than we are from plants? 😳 Edible mushrooms, like this button mushroom which is also called Agaricus bisporus, are part of a group called Basidiomycota. A bit like Penicillium, a type of mold which I posted about two weeks ago, Basidiomycota also reproduce by producing spores! Although, penicillium is part of a very different fungi group called Ascomycota and they don’t produce spores the same way. As you may observe in a couple of the c